Words that rhyme with attack

• aback 0
  adv 1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
• almanac 0
  n 1: an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year [syn: almanac, farmer's calendar] 2: an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
• ammoniac 0
  adj 1: pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia [syn: ammoniac, ammoniacal] n 1: the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant [syn: ammoniac, gum ammoniac]
• amnesiac 0
  adj 1: suffering from a partial loss of memory [syn: amnesic, amnesiac] n 1: a person suffering from amnesia [syn: amnesic, amnesiac]
• aphrodisiac 0
  adj 1: exciting sexual desire [syn: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, sexy] [ant: anaphrodisiac] n 1: a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
• applejack 0
  n 1: distilled from hard cider
• back 0
  adv 1: in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" 2: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 3: in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" 4: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward] 5: in reply; "he wrote back three days later" 6: in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher" adj 1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: front(a)] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)] 3: of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: back, dorsum] 2: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front] 3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: back, rear] [ant: front] 4: (football) a person who plays in the backfield 5: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 6: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back] 7: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" 8: a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: back, backrest] 9: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage v 1: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support] 2: travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" 3: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: second, back, endorse, indorse] 4: cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: advance, bring forward] 5: support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" 6: be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" [ant: face, front, look] 7: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt] 8: shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: veer] 9: establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: back, back up] 10: strengthen by providing with a back or backing
• backpack 0
  n 1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack] v 1: hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" [syn: backpack, pack]
• backtrack 0
  v 1: retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" [syn: backtrack, turn back, double back]
• bareback 0
  adv 1: without a saddle; "she prefers to ride her horse bareback" [syn: bareback, barebacked] adj 1: riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider" [syn: bareback, barebacked]
• biofeedback 0
  n 1: a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
• bivouac 0
  n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac] 2: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area] v 1: live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]
• black 0
  adj 1: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" [ant: white] 2: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. [ant: white] 3: marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words" 4: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim] 5: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 6: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] 7: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" [syn: black, blackened] 8: extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch- black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" [syn: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark] 9: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant] 10: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda" 11: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] 12: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful] 13: (of coffee) without cream or sugar 14: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn: black, smutty] n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [syn: black, blackness, inkiness] [ant: white, whiteness] 2: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black] 3: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) [syn: Black, Joseph Black] 4: popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) [syn: Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple] 5: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid] 6: (board games) the darker pieces [ant: white] 7: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
• blackjack 0
  n 1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica] 2: a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people [syn: blackjack, cosh, sap] 3: a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship [syn: black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack] 4: a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 [syn: blackjack, twenty-one, vingt- et-un] v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]
• bootblack 0
  n 1: a person who polishes shoes and boots [syn: bootblack, shoeblack]
• bootjack 0
  n 1: has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots
• bushwhack 0
  v 1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait] 2: live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla 3: cut one's way through the woods or bush
• canvasback 0
  n 1: North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn: canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria]
• cardiac 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the heart; "cardiac arrest"
• clack 0
  n 1: a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated [syn: clack, clap] 2: a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction [syn: clack valve, clack, clapper valve] v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle] 2: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click, clack] 3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
• claque 0
  n 1: a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
• comeback 0
  n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
• counterattack 0
  n 1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. [syn: counterattack, countermove] 2: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board [syn: counterattack, counterplay] v 1: make a counterattack [syn: counterattack, counterstrike]
• crack 0
  adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure] 2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack] 3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 4: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap] 5: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack] 6: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 7: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" 8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack cocaine, tornado] 9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 10: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break] 2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" 3: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" 5: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack] 6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" 7: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 8: gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" 9: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse] 10: tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" 11: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" 12: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking 13: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
• crackerjack 0
  n 1: someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" [syn: jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack] 2: something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy" [syn: jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack]
• cutback 0
  n 1: a reduction in quantity or rate
• demoniac 0
  adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)] n 1: someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
• diamondback 0
  n 1: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings [syn: diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus]
• drawback 0
  n 1: the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
• fatback 0
  n 1: salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
• feedback 0
  n 1: the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output 2: response to an inquiry or experiment
• finback 0
  n 1: large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus]
• flack 0
  n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]
• flak 0
  n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]
• flapjack 0
  n 1: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle [syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake]
• flashback 0
  n 1: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story [ant: flash- forward] 2: an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
• fullback 0
  n 1: (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team v 1: play the fullback
• gimcrack 0
  adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]
• greenback 0
  n 1: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]
• hack 0
  n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge, hacker] 2: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack] 3: a mediocre and disdained writer [syn: hack, hack writer, literary hack] 4: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil 5: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab, hack, taxi, taxicab] 6: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug] 7: a horse kept for hire 8: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. v 1: cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop, hack] 2: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut] 3: cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" 4: kick on the arms 5: kick on the shins 6: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" [syn: hack, hack on] 7: significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: hack, cut up] 8: cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" [syn: hack, whoop]
• hackmatack 0
  n 1: poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart- shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera]
• halfback 0
  n 1: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team
• hardback 0
  adj 1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover] n 1: a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers [syn: hardback, hardcover]
• hardtack 0
  n 1: very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple [syn: hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit] 2: a mountain mahogany
• hatchback 0
  n 1: a car having a hatchback door 2: a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open [syn: hatchback, hatchback door]
• hayrack 0
  n 1: a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock 2: a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry [syn: hayrack, hayrig]
• haystack 0
  n 1: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]
• hijack 0
  n 1: seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination [syn: hijack, highjack] v 1: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate] 2: seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"
• hogback 0
  n 1: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]
• horseback 0
  adv 1: on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback" [syn: horseback, ahorse, ahorseback] n 1: the back of a horse 2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]
• humpback 0
  n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback] 3: large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives [syn: humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae]
• hunchback 0
  n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]
• jack 0
  n 1: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog] 3: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack] 4: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak, jack] 5: a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling 6: an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug 7: game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks [syn: jack, jackstones] 8: small flag indicating a ship's nationality 9: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince [syn: jack, knave] 10: tool for exerting pressure or lifting 11: any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas 12: male donkey [syn: jack, jackass] v 1: lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" [syn: jack, jack up] 2: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
• kickback 0
  n 1: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
• knack 0
  n 1: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
• knapsack 0
  n 1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack]
• knickknack 0
  n 1: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack, novelty] 2: miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]
• lack 0
  n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want] v 1: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" [syn: miss, lack] [ant: feature, have]
• lilac 0
  adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, lilac- colored] n 1: any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• mossback 0
  n 1: an extremely old-fashioned conservative
• outback 0
  adj 1: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a), remote] n 1: the bush country of the interior of Australia
• pack 0
  n 1: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack] 2: a complete collection of similar things 3: a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) 4: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob] 5: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp] 6: a group of hunting animals 7: a cream that cleanses and tones the skin [syn: pack, face pack] 8: a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect 9: a bundle (especially one carried on the back) v 1: arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" [ant: take out, unpack] 2: fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" 3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact] 4: carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" 5: set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury" 6: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take] 7: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam] 8: hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" [syn: backpack, pack] 9: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, tamp, pack] 10: seal with packing; "pack the faucet" 11: have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" [syn: compact, pack] 12: load with a pack [syn: pack, load down] 13: treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"
• plaque 0
  n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]
• playback 0
  n 1: the act of reproducing recorded sound; "he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony" 2: electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
• pullback 0
  n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback] 2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
• quack 0
  adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" 2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan
• racetrack 0
  n 1: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track]
• rack 0
  n 1: framework for holding objects 2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton 3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" [syn: wrack, rack] 4: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: rack, wheel] 5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" [syn: rack, stand] 6: a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body 7: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately [syn: rack, single-foot] v 1: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: single- foot, rack] 2: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" 3: put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" 4: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring] 5: run before a gale [syn: scud, rack] 6: fly in high wind 7: draw off from the lees; "rack wine" 8: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack] 9: work on a rack; "rack leather" 10: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block 11: torture on the rack
• ransack 0
  v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray] 2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" [syn: comb, ransack]
• rollback 0
  n 1: the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw [syn: rollback, push back] 2: reducing prices back to some earlier level
• sac 0
  n 1: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket] 2: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule [syn: theca, sac] 3: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay [syn: Sauk, Sac] 4: a structure resembling a bag in an animal
• sack 0
  n 1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases [syn: sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag] 2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket] 3: the quantity contained in a sack [syn: sack, sackful] 4: any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) 5: a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: sack, sacque] 6: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily [syn: hammock, sack] 7: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack, shift] 8: the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome" 9: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking] v 1: plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" [syn: sack, plunder] 2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire] 3: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: net, sack, sack up, clear] 4: put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"
• setback 0
  n 1: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye]
• shack 0
  n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate] 2: move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" [syn: trail, shack]
• shellac 0
  n 1: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white 2: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood [syn: shellac, shellac varnish] v 1: cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots" [syn: shellac, shellack]
• shoeblack 0
  n 1: a person who polishes shoes and boots [syn: bootblack, shoeblack]
• sidetrack 0
  n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack] v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle]
• skyjack 0
  v 1: subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"
• slack 0
  adj 1: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: loose, slack] 2: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" 3: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: lax, slack] n 1: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off] 3: a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" [syn: slack, slack water] 4: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack] 5: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness] 6: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" v 1: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2: be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" 3: release tension on; "slack the rope" 4: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack, slacken, slack up, relax] 5: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken] 6: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 7: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away] 8: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: slack, slake]
• smack 0
  adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt] n 1: a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap, smack] 2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] 3: a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast 4: street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag] 5: an enthusiastic kiss [syn: smack, smooch] 6: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap] v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack] 2: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 3: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" [syn: smack, taste] 4: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck] 5: press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
• smokestack 0
  n 1: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack]
• snack 0
  n 1: a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack] v 1: eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" [syn: nosh, snack]
• stack 0
  n 1: an orderly pile 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down stack, stack] 4: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack] 5: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down storage, push-down store, stack] v 1: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes" 2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap] 3: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"
• tack 0
  n 1: the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails 2: a short nail with a sharp point and a large head 3: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack] 4: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud] 5: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking] 6: sailing a zigzag course v 1: fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board" 2: turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" [syn: tack, wear round] 3: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart] 4: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: baste, tack] 5: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on] 6: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop]
• tailback 0
  n 1: (American football) the person who plays tailback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
• tarmac 0
  n 1: a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving [syn: tarmacadam, tarmac] 2: a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar [syn: tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam] v 1: surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: macadamize, macadamise, tarmac]
• throwback 0
  adj 1: characteristic of an atavist [syn: atavistic, throwback(a)] n 1: an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism [syn: atavist, throwback] 2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback]
• thumbtack 0
  n 1: a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board [syn: thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin] v 1: fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board"
• thwack 0
  n 1: a hard blow with a flat object v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack]
• tieback 0
  n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback]
• touchback 0
  n 1: (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
• track 0
  n 1: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path, track, course] 2: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail] 3: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels 4: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track] 5: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: cut, track] 6: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground [syn: track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread] 7: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [syn: track, data track] 8: a groove on a phonograph recording 9: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll [syn: track, rail, rails, runway] 10: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one [syn: track, cart track, cartroad] 11: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running] v 1: carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house" 2: observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile" 3: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track] 4: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across] 5: make tracks upon
• unpack 0
  v 1: remove from its packing; "unpack the presents" [syn: unpack, take out] [ant: pack]
• whack 0
  n 1: the sound made by a sharp swift blow 2: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang] v 1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: whack, wham, whop, wallop]
• wingback 0
  n 1: (football) the person who plays wingback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end
• wisecrack 0
  n 1: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] v 1: make a comment, usually ironic
• wrack 0
  n 1: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore 2: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" [syn: wrack, rack] 3: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack] v 1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" [syn: bust up, wreck, wrack]
• yak 0
  n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 2: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated [syn: yak, Bos grunniens] v 1: talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" [syn: yak, gab]
• payback 0
  n 1: financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) 2: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"-- Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" [syn: vengeance, retribution, payback]
• zwieback 0
  n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]

See also attack definition and attack synonyms